Kishacoquillas Valley

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The Kishacoquillas Valley, or Kish Valley as it is known locally, is an enclosed valley in the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians of Central Pennsylvania, lying between Stone Mountain ridge to the north and Jacks Mountain ridge to the south. The valley drains via the Kishacoquillas Creek through the Mann Narrows water gap in Jacks Mountain to the Juniata River. U.S. Route 322 follows the creek though the gap, and is the main travel route across the valley, running from Harrisburg to State College. The Mifflin County Airport also lies in the valley.

[edit] Principal towns

• Belleville
• Milroy
• Reedsville

[edit] History

John Armstrong named the Valley in 1759 after a friendly Shawnee chief. His Indian name translates to "The snakes are already in their dens."[1]

Joseph Yoder portrays the late nineteenth-century Valley in his semi-autobiographical Rosanna of the Amish (1940).

[edit] External Links

• Kishacoquillas Valley Historical Society
• Kishacoquillas Valley R.R. historical site

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 40.7° -77.6°
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